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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Boarder Crossing #142362 04/22/2005 11:39 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Is there a word for a pun across two or more languages? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boarder Crossing #142363 04/22/2005 3:01 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I'm sure Fong has got several. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boarder Crossing #142364 04/22/2005 5:43 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 48 Central Ohio Saranita newbie Saranita newbie Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 48 Central Ohio Bipungual. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mushrooming #142365 04/22/2005 6:14 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Feeding bifurcate, pun, and lingual together into the Europanto Word Whisperer gives... <clunk, clunk, clunk> bifungal Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mushrooming #142366 04/22/2005 6:20 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Bi[p]ungual! Bifungal: clouds of confusion. *** I was once given the word I'm looking for, but I've lost it. this was not only a legitimate query, but a hint, ich glaub'. [winkicon] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: puns #142367 04/23/2005 5:37 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Jomama member Jomama member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 133 Don't know the defining word, but a favorite example, from PDQ Bach, "Shave and a haircut--zwei, bitte!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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